4RF Wireless Solutions for fixed and mobile

Communications, SCADA Control and

Automation

July 2020

Marco Pangos
Regional Director
 4RF Introduction

4RF specializes in designing and manufacturing high-performance

radio equipment for customers with mission critical infrastructure:

• Founded in 1998: private equity, with 98% of its products exported

• Research and Development Center for leading RF Technologies located
in New Zealand
• We develop our products through contact with leading global clients such
as Motorola, EDF, EDP and Iberdrola, interpreting their needs and
translating it into functionalities in our products.
• Our business is based on superior product performance (typically proven
through extensive competitive field testing) and unsurpassed Customer
Service.
• Subsidiaries in Australia, Europe and USA
• Made in USA - 4RF USA Inc. has been manufacturing radio products
since 2014 at our plants located in California

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 Family of Products – Licensed Frequency Bands
Family of Point to Point radios.
• Key advantages: performance, long span reach, need of reduced
infrastructure, ease of use and reliability. Build-in Multiplexer, several
card options for legacy services including E1, FXO/FXS, v.24, X.21,
QETH and more. Operates successfully in over 130 countries

• Very long-range Point to Point Radio, digital, native pure IP. It has
several options of power supply. Multiple frequencies and
channelization available from 300MHz to 2.7GHz. Full Duplex capacity
up to 65MBps on simplest model.

• New Point to Point radio for Public Safety and SCADA backhaul

Family of Point to Multipoint radios

SR – Point to Multipoint Radio for SCADA
• Available in VHF and UHF frequency bands
SR+ – high range version of Aprisa SR
• It offers high speed for data intensive applications, varied IP
functions, Available in VHF, 220MHz, 300MHz, 400-470MHz 450-
512MHz, 700 MHz and 900MHz - Available in HD and FD version

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 Family of Products – Unlicensed Frequency Band

Family of unlicensed (license-free) Point to Multipoint radios

SRi – radio FHSS in 900 MHz frequency band
• Strong mitigation of interference.
• Models depending on the regulatory framework in each country
between 902 and 928MHz
• Adaptive Modulation
• Strong packet compression
• The unlicensed radio with more efficient use of spectrum in the
market

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 Family of Products – Cellular Router

Family of 3GPP LTE cellular router

• Launched on 2019 – Utility Grade design
• Native 3GPP LTE
• 28+ frequencies of use available
• Models depend on Regulation and Homologation in each country
• Available with Dual SIM for Private and/or Public LTE
• Homologated by main Telecom Operators for use in their networks
• High capacity - 900MBps
• Ethernet, Serial and Fiber Optic ports available
• Rugged - Reliable operation under any condition of terrain or work
environment
• Robust fixed or mobile operation.
• Maximum security. 360 degrees protection against physical and cyber
attacks.
• Made for high performance Mission Critical Communications.
• Embedded Power Control allows operation with batteries or solar panels.

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 Success Cases
4RF is present in over 150 countries with Aprisa Solutions in applications
for fixed and mobile Communications in markets such as:

• Electric Power Generation, Transmission

and Distribution
• Gas Industry
• Water and Wastewater
• Mining
• Railways
• Oil & Gas: on-shore y offshore
• Transportation: Terrestrial and Airports

• Applications for Telemetry, Meteorology, Seismology

and Volcanology

• Applications in National Defense, Early Warning

and National Emergency Systems

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 Main markets

Asset faults, human errors and

lapses in security have
consequences, ranging from minor
to fatal. 4RF focuses on providing
the communications infrastructure
to empower the improved
monitoring and control needed to
improve network performance,
efficiency and security.

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 Main markets

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 Example: water network using 4RF radios model Aprisa SR

Corporate
WAN

Scanning telemetry
base station

Water treatment works

Borehole
Water tower

Borehole

Homes / offices
Intake

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 Meteorological applications – measurements and remote sites

Aprisa XE/FE or the SR/SR+ family

provides long distance backhaul links
well beyond the capabilities of
unlicensed systems and in areas not
covered by cellular/3G
• Wind speed, pressure, rain fall, solar,
temperature, humidity, lightning

• Met radars (rain and wind)

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 R&D - Technology - Quality

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Thank you! WELLINGTON 6035
NEW ZEALAND
Marco Pangos TELEPHONE +64 4 499 6000
FACSIMILE +64 4 473 4447
marco.pangos@4rf.com URL www.4rf.com